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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Heart to Heart GIVEAWAY!

It's giveaway time on Quilt Story!!  We want to introduce you to our new sponsor, Heart to Heart Fabrics:
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I love finding new online places to shop and Heart to Heart Fabrics is another great one!  They carry a wide selection of fabrics, they carry by the yard, precuts, notions and books!  And one of my "musts" for an online fabric shop...SO user friendly.  Several ways to search, ie by color, manufacturer, theme, designer, etc..  Absolutely my favorite feature!!  Here are some lovelies for you to admire :)

Love this 1/2 lb. scrap bag they carry from Moda. I love adding scraps to my stash!!
Moda Scrap Bag 1/2 lb. Assorted Cotton Fabric Strips


Claire Bella Pink Fat Quarter Flannel Fabric Bundle
Ten Little Things Aqua Owls Tree Quilt...always love me some owls!

Ten Little Things Aqua Owls Tree Quilt Cotton Fabric

And let me introduce you to Erica, her intro to her and husband's shop was just so sweet I wanted ya'll to read it for yourself! :)

"Hi there! First, allow me to introduce myself...my name is Erica. My husband Glen and I are owners of Heart To Heart Fabrics. We absolutely love fabric. About 5 years ago, after much prayer, I started Heart To Heart Fabrics out of my love for fabric and a desire to work from home. It has been such a fun adventure and God has blessed and continues to bless our business and family in so many ways! Being able to provide our customers with the products to create something in which they devote their love, energy and time into for someone or something they love means very much to me. In fact, this is where our companies name and motto comes from "From your heart to theirs..." When we get responses from our customers, like perhaps a teacher who made something special for her students or a nurse making a special blanket for a patient, just makes my heart sing!! Our customers are what makes our business and without you we wouldn't be here."

So with that let me tell you the great giveaway Glen and Erica have for you.

Yay! Here's how you enter (leave a separate comment for each please):
b) visit Heart to Heart Fabrics and leave a comment of your favorite product(s)


This giveaway will remain open until Monday 4/23 winner announced Tuesday.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Sue's half moon modern log cabin...

Look at this amazing quilt from Sue daurio! The quiting is awesome! Sue has tons of finishes, 2011 here, 2010 here, 2012 here...WOW. I think love the colors in this quilt, almost rainbow, and then the quilting reminds me of rainbows. Anyhow, LOVE this quilt...

I learned how to do Baptist fans!!  I have a rainbow quilt for a good friend of mines daughter that I wanted to quilt rainbows on, this quilt was practice for that.  This will be one of my Hands 2 Help quilts.  I've also posted the Eq7 project on the projects tab.  But really you don't need E7 for this.  All you need is a jelly row and some other coordinating fabric.  I started with a 2.5 x 10.5 in strip.  Added 1.5 inch strips all the way around.  Then 2.5 inch strips all the way around, then 1.5, then 2.5....until you are happy with the size.  Easy as can be!!

Oops my slipper is in the picture...really I left that in the middle of the floor?  Yikes don't tell my husband :)

This is my first quilt finished for H2H - check out the button on the side bar, it's not too late to join in. 


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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

FabricTuesday....

Well, how are you all! Happy Tuesday yet again. And again, sadly I don't have a finish :(  Although I did pin a tutorial on the granny squares, because I am so tempted. Funny thing is Megan saw my pin and texted me she was already cutting squares to make her first granny square block! Funny, we really are the same person. So I did cut some of my favorite prints just tonight so I can make up some granny blocks. Hopefully you will be seeing some of those soon.

Megan's tutorial for the darling apron from the MBS sliced contest posted yesterday, be sure to check it out, cute!


And some eye candy from last week...


Awesome Swoon pillow from gemini stitches... 

Rebecca from Sew festive made this little sneak peak, can't wait to see the real thing!


Postage stamp quilt from confessions of a a fabric addict

Heather from Crafting dot dot dot, octagonal orb...pretty cool!

Alright, what do you have going on this week???

And if you need details for linking up to Fabric Tuesday, click here.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Simple stripes boy quilt from Bijou lovely...


Holly from Bijou lovely has a truly great blog of quilting, crafting, sewing, and decorating among other things, but mainly quilting.  A very talented, creative and fun girl she is! Just check out Bijou lovely creative Quilt finishes , be sure to visit these great tutorials, I have pinned a few myself! What a fun baby boy quilt this turned out to be...

Here's the simple stripes quilt I spent most of my time working on this past week.  Our friends Sara and Ryan are having a baby boy in April, and their baby shower was this past Saturday.  Of course I waited until six days before the shower to start making their gift!  Why I procrastinate so much, I'll never understand.  
Yes, this quilt has a mustache on it!  My husband made me do it.  When I told him I was making a quilt for them, he asked if I could add a mustache to the quilt.  This new baby boy has a grandpa that is known for his mustache.  The baby shower even had a mustache theme, so this fit in quite well!
I used lots of basic yellows, grays, blues, reds, and greens in this quilt that were slightly desaturated.  The backing is a Denise Schmidt print from JoAnns.  I bound it in some Kona Medium Gray.  I quilted it with wavy lines (my new favorite!) in a light gray thread.  The wavy line quilting is so fast and gives this quilt a little bit of texture.  I appliqued the mustache on after the quilting was finished.
So there's my first finish of February!  It definitely won't be the last.



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